Monday, May 02, 2011

How the nuclear industry works...

Furious parents in Fukushima have delivered a bag of radioactive playground earth to education officials in protest at moves to weaken nuclear safety standards in schools.

Children can now be exposed to 20 times more radiation than was previously permissible. The new regulations have prompted outcry. A senior adviser resigned and the prime minister, Naoto Kan, was criticised by politicians from his own party.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/02/parents-revolt-radiation-levels
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